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Wolves are emerging as candidates to sign Southampton’s Cedric Soares in the summer, according to Tuttomercatoweb. Although no bid has been placed yet, the Midlands club should move quickly to secure his services.
What’s the word?
Much like many of the Southampton squad under Mark Hughes, Cedric found life tough. Subsequently, he was loaned out to Inter Milan in the January transfer window.
However, he has failed to impress there either and as a result, the Italian giants will not take up their €11.5m (£9.9m) option to buy the player according to Tuttomercatoweb.
Cedric will now return to Southampton in the summer but Wolves are reportedly among the candidates to sign him from Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side. The player is currently valued at £13.5m according to Transfermarkt.
Considering the number of Portuguese players Wolves boast it’s hardly a surprise to see them sniffing around another, particularly with the player a client of super agent Jorge Mendes.
Cedric can get even more out of Jimenez
Despite having a difficult season, the European champion’s possible arrival at Molineux would be of great benefit to one man in particular, Raul Jimenez.
Nuno Santo has recently experimented with playing Adama Traore at right wing-back in their system but Cedric would give them a far better option.
Wolves’ main man in that position this season has been Matt Doherty but his attacking attributes aren’t really impressive. On the other hand, the Portugal international has qualities in that area in abundance and as such could get the best out of Jimenez.
Raul Jimenez is turning it on for Wolves and Mexico right now! He definitely deserves the song in the video below…
Doherty only averages 0.4 crosses per game, whereas Cedric’s average per game in that department at Southampton was 0.8 this season. It’s not a too significant leap but those extra few numbers could really benefit the physical Jimenez who could find himself on the end of more balls into the box.
The Mexican striker isn’t a permanent part of the Wolves team just yet, but with a move reportedly close, they must sign Cedric to get even more out of him if the deal does go through.
